Mix both items together and pour onto Paraflexx or parchment paper and put into a dehydrator (I use a 9 tray Excalibur dehydrator) at 135 for 4-8 hours depending on how thick your mixture is. The first few times I made yogurt leathers, I used a blender to mix the fruit into the yogurt, but I found the mixture became too thin. I prefer a thicker consistency so it is chewy instead of crunchy.

Since we are in the early stages of following the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) (we just passed the six month mark!), I still need to cook all fruit (except raw bananas) that my daughter eats. I also need to remove as much of the skin and seeds in the fruit as possible.

I have been using frozen organic blueberries, strawberries and raspberries to make the yogurt leathers, which means lots of little seeds and no easy way to remove skins. Until I get the Vitamix, my OXO Food Mill is the next best solution I know of for removing the bulk of the seeds and skin.

I saw this food mill demoed at a cooking techniques class last summer and immediately added it to my list of kitchen gadgets to buy.

What I like about the OXO Food Mill:

– Study, well-made
– Easy-to-hold handle
– Folding “feet” to allow you to set the food mill on a pot or bowl up to 11 inches in diameter and folding feet means easier storage!
– OXO brand (I have been happy with 90% of their products)
– Three grinding discs for fine, medium and coarse textures
– Easy to clean and dishwasher safe!
– Easy to use

What I don’t like:
– It took me a little time to figure out how to put the product together. I rarely read instructions, but gave up and had to with this product. Once I figured out how to assemble and disassemble it, I haven’t had any difficulties.

– The first time I used the fine grinding disc, I did not realize that fruit pulp was stuck to the bottom of the disc. Only juice fell into the bowl. This is great if you only want juice, but a bit more work if you want the pulp. I just use a spoon to scrape the pulp into the bowl. This is not a major issue, but I felt like I wasted pulp the first time I used it because I didn’t realize it was sitting there.

In addition to how I use the food mill, other uses include making homemade jellies, baby food, applesauce, vegetable soups, mashed potatoes and salsa.

The OXO Food Mill retails for $49.95 at Cooking.com, where customers gave the product rave reviews.

About Cooking.com

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I also recommend signing up for their email alerts. I signed up last summer and occasionally receive online coupon codes for discounts on their Web site. These coupon codes are one-time use, unique codes, not general codes that you can sometimes find on coupon sites.

$25 Cooking.com Gift Card Giveaway!

I will be giving away a $25 Cooking.com gift card during the Holiday Blog Hop. To thank you for being a reader of this blog, I want to give you an extra five entries in the Holiday Blog Hop giveaway! To receive these extra entries, please leave one comment below letting me know what your favorite kitchen gadget is and why. Please leave only one comment.

I will close comments on November 28. Anyone who has left a comment here before the comments area in this post closes will get five bonus entries in the blog hop giveaway when it is posted. I will provide instructions in the blog hop post on how to ‘redeem’ your bonus entries.

If you have any questions, please email me at susan (at) cravingthesavings (dot) com.

Disclosure: Cooking.com will provide me with a $25 gift card in exchange for this post. I am going to give the gift card away at the Holiday Blog Hop from December 1-5. No other form of compensation was given for this post and all opinions are mine.

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